Bafut climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bafut?

Bafut has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 2,862 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bafut?

The hottest day measured in Bafut between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 34.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bafut?

The coldest day measured in Bafut between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1983, at 9.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bafut?

Almost never: Bafut sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bafut warmed?

Yes: Bafut warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bafut?

The wettest day measured in Bafut between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1997, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bafut?

The windiest day measured in Bafut between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1966, with winds reaching 14.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bafut?

The warmest month in Bafut is February (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bafut?

Bafut receives on average 2,862 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 248 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bafut?

Bafut gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bafut (Cameroon) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 2,862 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (18.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Bafut averages 0 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 248 rainy days per year.

Bafut has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 21 February 2016) and the coldest 9.3 °C (on 7 January 1983).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BafutNorth-West Region

coords: 6.08°, 10.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

25.0°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,862mm

Sunshine / day

8.4h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

7.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

15 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

248 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.5 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

29.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.0 °C

21 February 2016

Coldest day

9.3 °C

7 January 1983

Wettest day

189 mm

3 May 1997

Windiest day

14.0 km/h

26 February 1966

Strongest gust

54.4 km/h

29 October 1988

Hottest feels-like

34.9 °C

29 February 2016

Coldest feels-like

6.4 °C

26 January 2020

Sunniest day

12.1 h

20 July 1996

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.4 °C9 February 2025	12.4 °C11 January 2025	20.8 °C	2,580 mm	49
2024	33.6 °C12 February 2024	12.0 °C16 January 2024	21.2 °C	2,446 mm	50
2023	32.4 °C26 January 2023	11.5 °C10 January 2023	20.8 °C	2,741 mm	35
2022	32.4 °C1 March 2022	11.8 °C24 December 2022	20.4 °C	2,762 mm	19
2021	32.8 °C28 February 2021	12.3 °C10 December 2021	20.6 °C	2,503 mm	40
2020	33.1 °C20 February 2020	9.5 °C26 January 2020	20.8 °C	2,647 mm	54
2019	31.5 °C17 January 2019	11.8 °C28 December 2019	20.4 °C	3,391 mm	20
2018	33.5 °C6 February 2018	11.1 °C5 January 2018	20.3 °C	3,031 mm	28
2017	33.2 °C23 February 2017	12.2 °C25 November 2017	20.6 °C	3,054 mm	55
2016	34.0 °C21 February 2016	12.4 °C20 December 2016	20.6 °C	3,046 mm	51
2015	31.5 °C30 January 2015	10.3 °C11 January 2015	20.3 °C	2,769 mm	27
2014	32.6 °C24 February 2014	10.8 °C7 January 2014	20.1 °C	3,115 mm	26
2013	31.5 °C22 January 2013	10.0 °C17 December 2013	19.9 °C	3,193 mm	17
2012	31.9 °C29 January 2012	11.6 °C26 December 2012	20.0 °C	2,693 mm	23
2011	31.3 °C30 January 2011	10.4 °C16 January 2011	20.1 °C	2,496 mm	9
2010	32.5 °C1 February 2010	10.8 °C31 December 2010	20.7 °C	2,542 mm	47
2009	32.1 °C25 March 2009	12.0 °C30 November 2009	20.4 °C	3,010 mm	32
2008	32.1 °C14 February 2008	10.8 °C1 February 2008	20.0 °C	2,746 mm	29
2007	32.0 °C18 February 2007	10.7 °C3 January 2007	20.0 °C	2,653 mm	35
2006	31.8 °C24 January 2006	11.7 °C30 December 2006	20.1 °C	2,567 mm	19
2005	31.9 °C1 February 2005	10.5 °C8 January 2005	20.1 °C	2,788 mm	18
2004	32.9 °C25 March 2004	12.3 °C30 November 2004	20.2 °C	2,953 mm	45
2003	32.0 °C17 March 2003	11.6 °C4 January 2003	20.0 °C	2,744 mm	20
2002	32.0 °C23 February 2002	11.1 °C28 January 2002	19.8 °C	2,966 mm	13
2001	31.4 °C24 February 2001	10.5 °C4 January 2001	19.8 °C	2,458 mm	13
2000	32.5 °C6 March 2000	11.3 °C7 December 2000	19.8 °C	2,825 mm	31
1999	29.7 °C13 February 1999	11.3 °C15 December 1999	19.4 °C	3,056 mm	0
1998	31.9 °C3 March 1998	11.9 °C26 December 1998	20.5 °C	2,541 mm	41
1997	31.9 °C5 March 1997	11.2 °C31 January 1997	19.9 °C	3,100 mm	29
1996	30.7 °C24 February 1996	12.5 °C8 November 1996	19.8 °C	2,951 mm	9
1995	30.3 °C28 February 1995	11.3 °C15 November 1995	19.9 °C	2,785 mm	3
1994	30.3 °C27 February 1994	10.8 °C13 December 1994	19.7 °C	2,887 mm	2
1993	30.6 °C25 February 1993	10.5 °C23 January 1993	19.6 °C	3,417 mm	1
1992	32.2 °C8 March 1992	10.9 °C12 January 1992	19.6 °C	3,007 mm	21
1991	30.5 °C10 February 1991	11.7 °C15 December 1991	19.5 °C	2,955 mm	2
1990	32.9 °C29 March 1990	12.6 °C11 February 1990	19.8 °C	3,152 mm	32
1989	32.3 °C1 March 1989	9.7 °C12 January 1989	19.5 °C	2,928 mm	14
1988	31.4 °C26 February 1988	11.7 °C26 December 1988	19.7 °C	3,047 mm	12
1987	30.3 °C5 February 1987	10.7 °C7 January 1987	20.1 °C	2,776 mm	3
1986	31.1 °C1 February 1986	10.3 °C6 December 1986	19.3 °C	3,030 mm	2
1985	31.6 °C5 March 1985	11.6 °C6 December 1985	19.1 °C	3,237 mm	4
1984	31.4 °C2 March 1984	9.9 °C16 December 1984	19.4 °C	3,012 mm	12
1983	33.5 °C19 March 1983	9.3 °C7 January 1983	19.9 °C	2,685 mm	35
1982	29.5 °C16 January 1982	10.8 °C31 December 1982	19.3 °C	3,320 mm	0
1981	30.6 °C15 February 1981	10.4 °C29 November 1981	19.3 °C	2,943 mm	2
1980	30.8 °C13 February 1980	10.6 °C8 January 1980	19.5 °C	3,212 mm	5
1979	29.9 °C18 January 1979	11.1 °C4 January 1979	19.4 °C	3,094 mm	0
1978	30.5 °C24 February 1978	10.3 °C11 January 1978	19.3 °C	3,081 mm	2
1977	31.9 °C14 March 1977	11.5 °C25 December 1977	19.6 °C	2,327 mm	9
1976	28.2 °C29 January 1976	10.8 °C3 January 1976	18.8 °C	3,309 mm	0
1975	29.2 °C2 February 1975	9.4 °C10 December 1975	18.8 °C	3,167 mm	0
1974	29.8 °C6 March 1974	10.3 °C28 December 1974	19.0 °C	2,909 mm	0
1973	31.0 °C18 February 1973	11.3 °C30 December 1973	19.6 °C	3,226 mm	6
1972	29.7 °C21 December 1972	11.5 °C14 February 1972	19.3 °C	3,138 mm	0
1971	30.2 °C11 February 1971	9.7 °C25 December 1971	19.0 °C	3,280 mm	4
1970	32.7 °C18 February 1970	10.6 °C29 November 1970	19.4 °C	2,928 mm	7
1969	31.7 °C13 February 1969	11.9 °C24 December 1969	19.4 °C	3,494 mm	2
1968	28.9 °C7 February 1968	10.9 °C18 January 1968	19.0 °C	3,023 mm	0
1967	29.5 °C5 March 1967	10.0 °C2 January 1967	19.0 °C	3,002 mm	0
1966	31.6 °C6 March 1966	11.4 °C31 December 1966	19.6 °C	2,584 mm	16
1965	29.2 °C7 February 1965	10.8 °C4 February 1965	19.1 °C	2,438 mm	0
1964	31.6 °C11 February 1964	11.6 °C29 October 1964	19.4 °C	2,251 mm	19
1963	30.7 °C5 February 1963	11.7 °C12 December 1963	19.5 °C	2,342 mm	13
1962	30.7 °C3 February 1962	11.2 °C4 January 1962	19.0 °C	2,961 mm	5
1961	30.7 °C6 March 1961	11.8 °C6 January 1961	19.1 °C	2,406 mm	10
1960	30.5 °C4 March 1960	12.2 °C3 January 1960	19.2 °C	3,036 mm	6
1959	31.5 °C10 March 1959	11.5 °C29 December 1959	19.2 °C	2,402 mm	8
1958	30.3 °C15 February 1958	11.8 °C7 January 1958	19.2 °C	2,692 mm	4
1957	30.0 °C17 February 1957	9.9 °C8 January 1957	18.9 °C	3,241 mm	1
1956	29.9 °C14 February 1956	11.8 °C17 December 1956	18.8 °C	3,045 mm	0
1955	30.6 °C19 February 1955	12.2 °C20 December 1955	19.1 °C	2,968 mm	6
1954	29.1 °C4 March 1954	10.1 °C4 August 1954	18.7 °C	2,664 mm	0
1953	30.5 °C10 February 1953	11.9 °C1 December 1953	19.2 °C	2,951 mm	3
1952	30.0 °C22 February 1952	12.2 °C15 August 1952	19.2 °C	3,356 mm	2
1951	30.1 °C3 March 1951	12.3 °C6 December 1951	19.1 °C	3,314 mm	1
1950	29.6 °C25 February 1950	11.8 °C31 August 1950	18.8 °C	2,449 mm	0
1949	31.7 °C16 February 1949	11.6 °C9 February 1949	19.2 °C	2,690 mm	14
1948	30.8 °C25 February 1948	11.6 °C3 February 1948	19.1 °C	2,702 mm	6
1947	30.3 °C29 January 1947	11.4 °C10 September 1947	19.1 °C	2,741 mm	5
1946	31.9 °C22 February 1946	11.6 °C1 January 1946	19.2 °C	2,413 mm	26
1945	31.5 °C20 March 1945	11.1 °C23 December 1945	19.4 °C	2,579 mm	26
1944	30.5 °C13 February 1944	11.7 °C5 December 1944	19.1 °C	2,614 mm	7
1943	29.0 °C8 March 1943	10.9 °C21 July 1943	18.3 °C	2,410 mm	0
1942	29.9 °C11 February 1942	11.4 °C19 December 1942	18.8 °C	2,535 mm	0
1941	30.7 °C9 March 1941	11.5 °C3 December 1941	19.1 °C	2,951 mm	5
1940	29.2 °C5 March 1940	11.3 °C3 August 1940	18.8 °C	2,635 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.2 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

49 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2580 mm

-282 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+1.4 °C	14 mm	-2 mm
Feb	30.9 °C	+2.3 °C	16 mm	-32 mm
Mar	29.4 °C	+2.2 °C	81 mm	-102 mm
Apr	27.0 °C	+1.3 °C	302 mm	+2 mm
May	25.8 °C	+0.9 °C	302 mm	-22 mm
Jun	24.8 °C	+1.4 °C	301 mm	-47 mm
Jul	22.3 °C	+0.4 °C	377 mm	+15 mm
Aug	22.2 °C	+0.5 °C	224 mm	-125 mm
Sep	23.5 °C	+0.8 °C	436 mm	+25 mm
Oct	24.4 °C	+0.5 °C	470 mm	+86 mm
Nov	26.5 °C	+1.1 °C	51 mm	-66 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+1.6 °C	6 mm	-15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.4 °C

9 Feb 2025

Coldest day

12.4 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

77.7 mm

1 Oct 2025

Windiest day

12.8 km/h

3 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

42.5 km/h

9 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.9 °C

9 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.0 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

4 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bafut?

Bafut has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 2,862 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bafut?

The hottest day measured in Bafut between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 34.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bafut?

The coldest day measured in Bafut between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1983, at 9.3 °C.

Does it snow in Bafut?

Almost never: Bafut sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bafut warmed?

Yes: Bafut warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bafut?

The wettest day measured in Bafut between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1997, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bafut?

The windiest day measured in Bafut between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1966, with winds reaching 14.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bafut?

The warmest month in Bafut is February (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (18.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Bafut?

Bafut receives on average 2,862 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 248 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bafut?

Bafut gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bafut?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bafut.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bafut?

In Bafut, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 29 February 2016, and the lowest was 6.4 °C on 26 January 2020.

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